I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set the Government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

A little revolution is a good thing.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army

We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.